COMET PING PONG
Federal law enforcement investigating arson at 'Pizzagate' restaurant
January 26, 2019
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-law-enforcement-investigating-arson-at-pizzagate-restaurant
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Federal law enforcement is searching for a man in connection with a fire that occurred at the D.C. pizza restaurant at the center of the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seeks to identify a male suspect who is wanted for questioning about the fire at Comet Ping Pong. The man is estimated to be between the ages of 25 and 30 and has blonde hair, a mustache, and beard.
He was spotted wearing a blue and white “varsity-style jacket” and blue jeans, according to ATF.
The fire at Comet Ping Pong occurred Wednesday night. Firefighters who responded discovered that workers at the pizzeria put the fire out, according to the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.
It’s unclear whether the arson is related to the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, which spread after social media users noticed several mentions of pizza in leaked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta. The conspiracy theory claims this is evidence that Clinton was running a pedophilia ring and said Comet Ping Pong, where Podesta sometimes dined, was the ring’s home base.
After the conspiracy theory spread, a North Carolina man walked into Comet Ping Pong, fired one shot from an AR-15, and pointed the gun at a patron.
The man, Edgar Madison Welch, pleaded guilty in March 2017 to a federal charge of interstate transport of firearms and a local charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Welch said he was investigating “Pizzagate.” He was sentenced to four years in prison.